Becker's Healthcare August 7, 2020
Ayla Ellison

More Americans are using telehealth services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rapid growth of these services earlier this year highlighted several opportunities and challenges for expanding telehealth in the future.

The effect of COVID-19 on telemedicine and reimbursement for those services was one of the topics experts discussed during a session at the Becker’s Healthcare Payer Issues Virtual Summit on Aug. 3. The panel included Kelly Cavin, RN, vice president of social determinants of health at Change Healthcare, Rodrigo Cerdá, MD, vice president of clinical care transformation at Independence Blue Cross and Eric Hoag, vice president of provider relations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Here’s an excerpt from the conversation, edited for clarity. To...

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Topics: Conferences / Podcast, Digital Health, Health IT, Healthcare System, Interview / Q&A, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology, Telehealth, Trends
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